The Rise of the Muggles at Hogwarts

Chapter 200 Hufflepuff, the secret that cannot be hidden (5)

In the end, Anthony and Hermione turned out to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors who went there hungry.

A few minutes before class, many young wizards finally saw the Sirius they had longed for.

Lying on the table, with weak limbs, Anthony raised his head slightly. Maybe his old eyes were dizzy from hunger, but Sirius's eyes were also a little dark!

...

On the other side, Sirius's tired eyes shifted from Harry to Anthony. It was hard to imagine how high the waves in his heart were last night.

Maybe it's a matter of age. Young wizards seem to be more receptive to Dumbledore's poignant past, but middle-aged wizards like Sirius, who have been taught since childhood that the principal is the perfect wizard in the world, in the book Some plots had a great impact on him!

It is said that the whole person's outlook on life is a bit broken!It’s not an exaggeration.

Oh my God!Who would have thought that Dumbledore would have such a past, and even be with Grindelwald...

Forbidden love!Forbidden love!

And - strange to say, how did Anthony, a little wizard, know so much?

Sirius spent the entire class in such confusion. In fact, there was nothing good to learn from this class. He had been away from Hogwarts for a long time, and he didn't know Snape's teaching progress. He had to learn first. Find out from the little wizard what they have learned in the past few months.Don't expect him to go back to Snape to find out.

If the two of them met without fighting, it would be considered as giving Dumbledore some face.

After figuring out the lesson, he spent most of the rest of the day madly complaining about Snape's teaching lessons.One class didn't cover much at all.

But no one cared.

It wasn't until the class was almost over that he had some time.

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Anthony had a strong spirit and looked at Sirius who was slowly walking towards him. From the sad expression on his face, he could tell that the professor had also stayed up all night last night.

"Anthony!" He sat in the front row of the little wizard and asked in a low voice: "Tell me honestly, where did you learn so much about Grindelwald?"

really!Anthony said secretly.

He knew that Sirius must be looking for him for this reason.

"His own dictation, Mr. Newt, and the famous historian Bathilda Bagshot." Anthony opened his mouth and spit out two names.

"He himself?" Sirius looked at him in surprise and said, "Have you seen Grindelwald? How is this possible?"

"Actually, I stayed in Nurmengard for a day." Anthony shrugged and said helplessly.

"How could it happen? Who caught you? A little wizard! Are they crazy?" Sirius was shocked by what happened to Anthony, and he was even more sincerely angry.

He had been in Azkaban for more than ten years, and he knew that kind of place.

And Nurmengard, whose name is Azkaban, will not be much better.

"A dirty power struggle. You can ask the principal for details. This matter is mainly directed at him!" Anthony simply replied. It is hard to imagine what is hidden in his short sentence. What a dirty deal.

"Okay - I will ask him." Sirius looked at him seriously and said solemnly.

"Let's talk about Grindelwald first. Uh--is that part at the end of your book true?" Suddenly the professor became a little shy, and he asked incoherently.

"Oh! Is it "Correspondence Collection"? That one is made up, of course——"

"certainly?"

"Of course it may be true, but the content is different. Although I don't think Dumbledore is the kind of person who would send letters to Grindelwald. He is so cold and has never been to Nurmengard in decades. , if there is really a letter sent, then he should go and see him." Speaking of this, Anthony paused for a moment, and then continued: "People are always emotional, and if there is a crack in the heart, it will continue to expand, so I think They have never crossed paths since 1945!"

"That makes sense, ahem - then, do you really want to publish this book? I mean, this is Dumbledore's 'Secret Past'. Although I don't think what will happen to the principal, but there is something else here There is a living dark wizard. Grindelwald swept the whole of Europe back then. You arranged him like this. Be careful that he escapes to find you." Sirius said jokingly, especially when he talked about 'escaping', his face was even more... There is an inexplicable emotion, that - it seems like pride!After all, he was able to escape from Azkaban.

Although he didn't try it. (Sirius was picked up by Dumbledore.)

But at least the Death Eaters locked up with him, those guys with great reputations, didn't have this kind of strength.

"Speaking of which, Grindelwald is indeed capable of escaping from Nurmengard." Suddenly Anthony opened his mouth and made a violent argument.

"What?" Sirius was shocked when he heard this.

"His legendary wizard, unless you kill him, I really can't think of any way to imprison him. Take away the wand? Break the limbs? Cut off the tongue? Is it useful?" After that, Anthony placed something on the table in front of him. The textbook he placed suddenly floated gently, and the pages turned slowly. The sound of turning pages was unusually crisp.

He didn't do anything, he didn't take out his wand, he didn't say a spell, he didn't even look at the table.

Silent and wandless casting.

Sirius looked at the flipping pages in front of him in shock. Not only him, but Hermione and Ron and Harry sitting next to Anthony also turned their heads to see this scene.

"If I can do it, then Grindelwald, the legendary dark wizard, can't do it?"

"That-him."

"This is the meaning of this book, those blank spaces, to give a reasonable answer to those unsolved questions. I don't think the two of them will be entangled in this kind of thing!" As he spoke, Anthony turned his palms to the sky, and the pages It fell back to where it was.

Everything goes as he pleases, looking so confident and stunning.

Only then did Sirius realize that the child in front of him was no ordinary child!

He had never heard that the second-year wizard could have such strength. Even the sixth-year wizard, unless he was an outstanding student in the advanced class, could possibly master such spell-casting skills.

Perhaps, looking at Anthony, he couldn't help but have an idea planted in his heart. This child will become a new legend in the magical world like the legendary wizards in those stories in the future.

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In the afternoon, Defense Against the Dark Arts ended, and Anthony didn't stop for a moment. He immediately pulled Hermione and ran towards the Hufflepuff common room.

He was looking for Jarvis, and of course his real purpose was to find the kitchen!

Starving a person to death and forcing him to persist for several hours until dinner time would really kill him!

Justin Anthony didn't meet him.However, I did meet other little Hufflepuff wizards.

The little wizards in Badger Yard were all very gentle and friendly. Although Anthony and Hermione didn't know each other, he still welcomed them into the lounge very enthusiastically.

"You don't need to bring anything. You can just sit around and the little guys will bring the food over."

Said the little wizard who brought them in.

"What little guy?" Hermione asked curiously, sitting on the thick cushioned sofa.

"Don't you know?" The boy was about to explain, but the astute Anthony quickly interrupted: "As employees of Hogwarts, the work is very easy and there are safety guarantees."

"Oh! It seems you know! In fact, most of them were in the castle thousands of years ago. They are all friends of Ms. Hufflepuff." The little wizard sighed, and the group of domestic animals seemed to appear in front of his eyes. Elves, it is obvious that the elves today are very different from those thousands of years ago. Now they are just like slaves of wizards.

"Friends of Ms. Hufflepuff?" Hermione was a little surprised. The stories of the four founders were not common. Except for the Ravenclaw story, which was more popular in Hogwarts, there were very few stories about the other three.

"Yes! There are many secrets of Hogwarts! But there are more than these. You Gryffindors should know best." The boy blinked and continued.

"There are quite a few. Legend has it that each founder left a secret room in Hogwarts. Only the heir of that college can find that place." Anthony squinted his eyes and opened his mouth. Since writing After finishing the book, he found that his ability to make up lies improved very quickly.

"Really?" Even Hermione was curious about such a secret.

"Who knows? It's just a legend!" Anthony shrugged and said he didn't know.

Then, everyone started a cordial exchange.

With this precious opportunity, Anthony and Hermione began to look at the Hufflepuff common room curiously.

This room located in the basement of Hogwarts follows the characteristics of the school itself. The main colors are yellow and black. The design elements adopt a circle, a shape that symbolizes nature, while also pursuing the comfort of the occupants.The entrance to the lounge is located in a pile of large wooden barrels placed on a dark stone trough in the right corner of the kitchen corridor.

If you want to enter, you must tap the bottom of the second barrel in the second row of the pile of large wooden barrels according to the rhythm of "Helga Hufflepuff". If you tap correctly, the lid of the barrel will rotate and open to reveal a door. The passage that people climb in leads to the common room, but if the knocker hits the wrong melody, hits the wrong bucket, or knocks the wrong number of times, the lid of the other bucket will burst open, killing the intruder. Covered with vinegar.

This is also the only entrance among the four major colleges where there is a resistance device.

Of course, with Hufflepuff students helping them open the door, they naturally walked in safely.

Unlike the Gryffindor common room, Hufflepuff's ceiling is very low, and the overall appearance is a large, plain, round room.

Since the castle of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located on a high ground, although it is said to be a basement, the castle is on a mountain, so the east wall of Hufflepuff can actually get the sun, and it is the same as Slytherin House. The living room is different from a room that never sees light.

Through the circular window of the common room, you can see the swaying grass and dandelions outside. The common room is equipped with soft sofas decorated in yellow and black. The copper decorations used in the interior of the room are very smooth, and there are many interesting Plant decorations serve as accents, and a large honey-coloured wooden mantelpiece with a carved badger is built against the wall.

From where Anthony was sitting, he could see a huge, oval-shaped portrait directly above the fireplace when he looked up. It was a portrait of Helga Hufflepuff, the founder of Hufflepuff House.

"Um - Hermione, do you think Ms. Hufflepuff looks like someone?" Staring at the kind portrait with a mysterious smile on the corner of her mouth.Anthony suddenly had the illusion that he had seen it somewhere.

"I miss the Mona Lisa very much, right!" the Hufflepuff wizard said with a smile: "Many young wizards of Muggle origin have said that we even went to find a copy of the Mona Lisa. It’s really similar!”

"I heard that the painting is a treasure in the Muggle world!" the boy said.

"Of course, forty to five million people go to the Louvre Museum in France every year to see that painting. But..." Anthony's eyes never left the picture of Helga Hufflepuff hanging on the fireplace. The portrait may be due to time, or may be subject to the magic skills of the time. Although the portrait can move, the characters cannot speak.

"She looks more beautiful than Mona Lisa." Anthony sighed deeply. He was not flattering, after all, the magic paintings could still move, and Ms. Hufflepuff also looked more kind. He's the kind of person who instantly falls in love with someone.

Just like this sun-drenched lounge, there are strange plants and some flowers growing everywhere in the cracks of the stones, and the entire lounge is like a warm forest.

And as soon as he entered, Anthony felt that the lounge in the only basement was very quiet, far from being disturbed by the sound of raindrops every stormy night like those who lived in the tower.

Coupled with the warm sunshine, it makes people feel itchy and sleepy.

I have to say that Hufflepuff's lounge is really a nice place, and even - Anthony couldn't help but feel guilty, he actually preferred this environment.

"Bang!" Suddenly, there was a knock on the door decorated with an oak barrel beside the wall of the lounge.

Then the wizard walked over slowly, and in Anthony's surprised eyes, he knocked the cork of the oak barrel with a strange rhythm. Then the wood suddenly cracked, and a sumptuous 'lunch' was placed on the table. It's inside!

"Wow! Does your lounge have a secret passage leading to the kitchen?"

Loved it!

Is it too urgent to apply to change colleges now?

"It's not a secret passage. This barrel has the same function as the table in the auditorium." The boy waved his wand, and the food in the oak barrel floated and flew in front of Anthony and the others.

"Oh! Really? It's really magical!" Anthony hurriedly chatted, feeling frightened because he really couldn't stay in this place any longer.

If she stays any longer, Hermione will discover the secret of the house elves at Hogwarts!

-

There are still many little wizards who think that their daily food is conjured out of thin air!

In fact, right below the auditorium is the kitchen. The layout is exactly the same as that of the auditorium. There are also four long tables. The house elves put the prepared food on the tables and then transferred it to the auditorium through transfer magic.

The oak barrel in the Hufflepuff common room should have the same function as the table in the Great Hall.

-

Anthony, who had barely managed to fool him, was about to enjoy a delicious meal. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him, and it was quite familiar.

"Anthony?"

"Why are you here?" It was Jarvis, who was coming back from outside with a stack of parchment in his arms.

"What's wrong? What happened?" He sounded anxious, which gave Anthony a bad feeling in his heart.

"A guest came to the school. He said he was a screenwriter from some publishing house. Sirius is entertaining him. Oh! By the way, the professor asked you to come over quickly."

Um?Someone came so soon?

"Wait, let me solve the stomach problem first." After being hungry for a day, he would not give up the food in front of him!

"Is everything okay? I asked the elves to send it to you. They are very helpful." Jarvis was at the door and said cheerfully. It seemed that he had received a lot of 'care' from the house elves.

"What elf?" Hermione looked up and asked curiously.

"What's that! I'm going to find Sirius first, you guys chat!" After saying that, Anthony stood up quickly and quickly left the Hufflepuff common room.

"Hey~ you guy..." Looking at Anthony's leaving figure, Hermione shouted angrily. She always felt that the guy was hiding something from her, but -

"House elves! Hermione! Don't you know? Those are really a group of hard-working creatures." Jarvis said with joy. He sat on the sofa opposite Hermione and began to talk about this magic in detail. intelligent creatures.

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On the other side, Anthony was hungry and ran quickly towards the fourth floor, where Sirius's office was.

Sure enough, Anthony didn't run a few steps when he heard a fierce quarrel coming from the office in the distance.Without any pause, he pushed the door open and walked in with ease.

"Damn it, don't you know anything? This ending is the best and it will definitely be a hit!"

"Haha! Your vision? Did you find someone like Lockhart?"

"What's wrong with him? At least his books are hot."

"Then what? Aren't you bankrupt yet? Oh! Now I have to doubt whether you have the strength to publish this book." Sirius looked at him with a sneer, his face full of disdain.

"I - at least our company has no problems publishing this book!" Robert Miller, editor of Lumihart Book Company, stared at Sirius's eyes and responded seriously.

This is a matter of life and death for the entire publishing house, and there is no room for sloppiness on his part.

Just as Anthony guessed, since Lockhart's accident, many of the books they published have been directly terminated with them. In particular, he just received a new book some time ago, "Notes on Dark Magic" by a senior black magician. The professional manuscripts sent by the scholars had already reached the stage of signing a contract. However, at this moment, Lockhart's story was exposed by the Daily Prophet, and the reputation of the entire publishing house was directly tarnished.

The scholar also urgently canceled cooperation with them.

After that, for a whole month, he didn't receive a single manuscript.

Coupled with various compensation matters, although he wanted to refute Sirius, Rumihart Book Company was indeed on the verge of bankruptcy. If he could not find a way to improve the image of the publishing house, it would be difficult for their company to survive. It’s been this summer.